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  • Open Access
162 Citations
53,999 Views
24 Pages

The Importance of Animal Models in Biomedical Research: Current Insights and Applications

  • Adriana Domínguez-Oliva,
  • Ismael Hernández-Ávalos,
  • Julio Martínez-Burnes,
  • Adriana Olmos-Hernández,
  • Antonio Verduzco-Mendoza and
  • Daniel Mota-Rojas

31 March 2023

Animal research is considered a key element in advance of biomedical science. Although its use is controversial and raises ethical challenges, the contribution of animal models in medicine is essential for understanding the physiopathology and novel...

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  • Open Access
105 Citations
19,612 Views
22 Pages

Salmonella and Salmonellosis: An Update on Public Health Implications and Control Strategies

  • Ángela Galán-Relaño,
  • Antonio Valero Díaz,
  • Belén Huerta Lorenzo,
  • Lidia Gómez-Gascón,
  • M.ª Ángeles Mena Rodríguez,
  • Elena Carrasco Jiménez,
  • Fernando Pérez Rodríguez and
  • Rafael J. Astorga Márquez

27 November 2023

Salmonellosis is globally recognized as one of the leading causes of acute human bacterial gastroenteritis resulting from the consumption of animal-derived products, particularly those derived from the poultry and pig industry. Salmonella spp. is gen...

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  • Open Access
98 Citations
3,241 Views
11 Pages

An Origanum majorana Leaf Diet Influences Myogenin Gene Expression, Performance, and Carcass Characteristics in Lambs

  • Seyed Mohammad Hadi Safaei,
  • Mohammad Dadpasand,
  • Mohammadreza Mohammadabadi,
  • Hadi Atashi,
  • Ruslana Stavetska,
  • Nataliia Klopenko and
  • Oleksandr Kalashnyk

20 December 2022

Myogenin is a protein in the myogenic regulatory factor family that plays an important role in determining carcass and meat traits and is vital for the growth and development of livestock muscles. The objective of this study was to determine the impa...

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97 Citations
15,766 Views
18 Pages

The Impact of Human Activities on Zoonotic Infection Transmissions

  • Michelle Marie Esposito,
  • Sara Turku,
  • Leora Lehrfield and
  • Ayat Shoman

15 May 2023

As humans expand their territories across more and more regions of the planet, activities such as deforestation, urbanization, tourism, wildlife exploitation, and climate change can have drastic consequences for animal movements and animal–huma...

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  • Open Access
93 Citations
26,983 Views
23 Pages

Valorization of Food Waste as Animal Feed: A Step towards Sustainable Food Waste Management and Circular Bioeconomy

  • Pinku Chandra Nath,
  • Amiya Ojha,
  • Shubhankar Debnath,
  • Minaxi Sharma,
  • Prakash Kumar Nayak,
  • Kandi Sridhar and
  • Baskaran Stephen Inbaraj

16 April 2023

The growing population and healthy food demands have led to a rise in food waste generation, causing severe environmental and economic impacts. However, food waste (FW) can be converted into sustainable animal feed, reducing waste disposal and provid...

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  • Open Access
82 Citations
28,756 Views
23 Pages

21 February 2023

Precision livestock farming has a crucial function as farming grows in significance. It will help farmers make better decisions, alter their roles and perspectives as farmers and managers, and allow for the tracking and monitoring of product quality...

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  • Open Access
80 Citations
15,482 Views
25 Pages

The Economic Impact of Parasitism from Nematodes, Trematodes and Ticks on Beef Cattle Production

  • Tom Strydom,
  • Robert P. Lavan,
  • Siddhartha Torres and
  • Kathleen Heaney

10 May 2023

Global human population growth requires the consumption of more meat such as beef to meet human needs for protein intake. Cattle parasites are a constant and serious threat to the development of the beef cattle industry. Studies have shown that paras...

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74 Citations
9,941 Views
12 Pages

Hematological and Hematopoietic Analysis in Fish Toxicology—A Review

  • Małgorzata Witeska,
  • Elżbieta Kondera and
  • Bartosz Bojarski

14 August 2023

Hematological analysis is commonly used to assess the physiological state of fish. It includes red blood cell parameters, white blood cell parameters, and the number of thrombocytes per blood volume unit. Hematological analysis is one of the basic to...

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  • Open Access
71 Citations
10,149 Views
16 Pages

Impact of Microplastics and Nanoplastics on Livestock Health: An Emerging Risk for Reproductive Efficiency

  • Susy Urli,
  • Francesca Corte Pause,
  • Martina Crociati,
  • Anja Baufeld,
  • Maurizio Monaci and
  • Giuseppe Stradaioli

23 March 2023

Pollution due to microplastics and nanoplastics is one of the major environmental issues of the last decade and represents a growing threat to human and animal health. In aquatic species, there is a large amount of information regarding the perturbat...

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  • Open Access
68 Citations
15,718 Views
12 Pages

14 February 2023

Terrestrial domestic animals are exposed to microplastics, therefore, contaminating the food chain, in the case of livestock, or acting as sentinels for human exposure, in the case of companion animals. The aim of this review was to address the impor...

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